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United Kingdom burials and memorials: WIR and BWIR
United Kingdom burials and memorials: WIR and BWIR
The majority of burials are at Seaford, Sussex (19) and Plymouth, Efford Cemetery (13), Weston Mill Cemetery (17) with the remainder in Liverpool and London. Between October 1915 and March 1916, Seaford was used as a training camp for the British West Indies Regiment in preparation for fighting in Europe. Withnoe camp, Whitsand Bay, Plymouth was also an arrival camp. The new arrivals were inadequately clothed for the harsh realities of the British cold in winter and the huts badly insulated. As a result the camps became rife with diseases and men lost their lives totally unnecessarily // Those who died at sea (58) are remembered by the Hollybrook Memorial in Hampshire // complete
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Born 1896
Died 1919
British Army 1078 Acting Corporal British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army 5780 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 4249 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 2947 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Died 1919
British Army 7550 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 4906 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 1150 Private British West Indies Regiment
British Army Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 3991 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1916
British Army 2430 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1916
Other Empire Force 3913 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 4127 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 2375 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Died 1917
British Army 4914 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Died 1917
British Army 10232 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Died 1918
British Army 6225 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army 6225 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1882
Died 1917
British Army 4905 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
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Died 1918
British Army 13661 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 1149 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army Acting Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 6394 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Died 1917
British Army 9316 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Died 1919
British Army 13582 Private British West Indies Regiment
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